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Commend

To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

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Advert 76% connected

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cite 76% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

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Commit 76% connected

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confide 76% connected

To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Entrust 76% connected

See Intrust.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intrust 76% connected

To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mention 76% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Portray 76% connected

To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.

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Praise 76% connected

To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Present 76% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trust 76% connected

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Commendation 74% connected

The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Commendation 74% connected

The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recommend 92% connected

To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a fav…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Remember 92% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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